Non-manufacturing activity continued to show solid growth in October, according to the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business. The ISM's index to measure growth—the NMI—inched up 1.0 ...
BAE Systems has reached agreement in principle with HM Government on measures to enable the implementation of a restructuring of its UK naval ships business The agreement will result in: Restructuring of the contract for the Queen ...
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The third quarter lived up to UK printer expectations according to the results of the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. More firms saw a pick up in demand rather than a fall with 31% benefiting from an increase in the volume of orders ...
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B Prasad and Sons Limited, a Suva-based company, is planning to set up a garment manufacturing unit at a cost of Fiji dollar 2 million in the rural region of Navua district, located within Serua Province in the Central Division of Fiji, ...
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Company profit expectations have reached their highest level since 2003, with Australian businesses anticipating a jump in takings in the New Year on the back of stronger sales and firming selling prices. Continuing initial positive ...
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The HSBC purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China rose to a final reading of 50.9 in October from 50.2 in September, unchanged from the flash estimate released previously, HSBC Holdings PLC has announced. The final manufacturing PMI ...
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Approximately $21.5 billion would be wiped from the Australian economy if the automotive manufacturing industry collapsed in 2018, according to research commissioned by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI). The report found ...
Manufacturing continued its run of steady progress in October, according to the most recent edition of the Manufacturing Report on Business from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). The PMI, the index used by the ISM to measure ...
The results of Modern’s 6th Annual Salary Survey paint an appealing picture of employment in materials handling, even as young, new talent continues to trickle into the industry. At $95,010, the average base salary is the highest in ...
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The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 51.4 percent in October this year, up 0.3 percentage points compared to September, rising for the fourth consecutive month on month-on-month basis, according to ...
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The annual report from two of Europe's key associations, the Bicycle Industry and Market Profile (BIMP), is now available on the associations' websites. This report—the fifth annual version compiling data for 2012—is a ...
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The Indian Ministry of Textiles would provide a financial aid of Rs. 10 billion to the state of Jharkhand for developing sericulture (silk farming) to explore livelihood promotion for the rural poor in the state, said Textile Minister K ...
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Optimistic about the long-term outcome of Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff’s recent visit to the US, former regional chairman of All Pakistan Textile Processing Association (APTMA), M Arif Lakhani believes this would ensure open roads for ...
According to the monthly sectoral confidence survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the confidence index* for the construction sector in Turkey, which stood at 79.2 points in September this year, decreased by 1.1 ...
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Kraft Foods Group, Inc. today reported third quarter results that reflected significant cost savings that outpaced brand-building reinvestments, as well as a negative impact from comparisons with unusually high product shipments in the ...
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